by Morgan Ellis | Mar 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
As Bob completes 10 years of dedicated service to Camptown, we would like to express our appreciation for his unwavering commitment to our mission. This was an expected transition in normal rhythms of board succession, and we are excited to announce Nate Browning as...
by Morgan Ellis | Jan 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
Top 10 Mission Moments of 2023 In 2023, your gifts moved mountains for kids in our city…YOU connected more than 5,000 kids to nature, their peers, and themselves. On behalf of the entire Camptown team, THANK YOU. Each year, we are blown away by the way people like YOU...
by Morgan Ellis | Nov 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Live on the Mindfulness Academy Podcast Camptown’s President & Executive Director, Brent Freeman sits down with Mindfulness Academy Podcast’s Aimee Morgan to discuss his path to mindfulness, the importance of the outdoors and how teaching kids to...
by Morgan Ellis | Oct 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Camptown, Inc. has been awarded a grant in the amount of $143,671 to bring Marion County youth through HopeTrail, a crime reduction program focused on education and mentorship via purposeful recreation. This support is funded through the fourth round of the Elevation...
by Brent Freeman | Oct 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
‘Kasserian Ingera’ or “And how are the children?” is the traditional greeting of Maasai tribe warriors of Kenya. The traditional response is, “All the children are well”, meaning that the priorities of protecting the young and powerless are intact. The expression...
by Brent Freeman | Jul 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
"We are strong women and I am proud of us!" In the cool mornings and sunny afternoons of May, Camptown staff guided dozens of 8th graders into Tennessee wilderness, including two all-female treks. Battling doubt and anxiety at times, students dug deep to learn about...
